Opinion: Lament of the disenfranchised L.A. County Republican

To the editor: I’m glad The Times wrote the article about Republican “dead zones,” voting districts in which no GOP candidate appears on the Nov. 8 ballot. (“GOP dead zones: You won’t find any Republicans to vote for in big areas of L.A. County,” Oct. 26)

My Republican friends and I feel disenfranchised this year. Our vote for president will be meaningless, and we have two liberal Democrats not to vote for in the “race” for outgoing Sen. Barbara Boxer’s seat.

(Speaking of which, why did President Obama have to come here and block traffic again to raise money when a Democrat is sure to win?)

More importantly, Republicans have had no voice in many races since June, so our message is not being heard. So, yes, California is approaching one-party rule. Proposition 14, which created the state’s top-two primary system, seemed like a good idea in 2010, but now that we see its effect, we’ve got to make changes.

Gale Musker, La Cañada Flintridge

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To the editor: The article mentions “the dearth of GOP options” on the Nov. 8 ballot, and a casual reader might conclude that there is something wrong about this.

It is useful to recall that, to the extent there were or might have been other GOP options in the upcoming election, the voters rejected the candidates representing those options in the primary. In other words, the GOP failed to make the cut.

Mark S. Faulkner, Irvine

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